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Matthew 19:2-12 English Revised Version (ERV)

2. and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3. And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4. And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he which made them from the beginning made them male and female,

5. and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh?

6. So that they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7. They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

8. He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

9. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

10. The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

11. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

12. For there are eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, which were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, which made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

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